Dennis Hastert Quotes

"I agree with you that should work together in a bipartisan fashion, and I believe this work product is a result of a hard-fought compromise."

"You can see there's still a lot of decisions to be made."

"When the electricity goes out and everything else goes out -- you don't have the pumps to pump it out either. Because it doesn't work either."

"It is something that will help the economy."

"I think Tom Reynolds may have been talking about what his feelings are, ... Social Security is something very important. It's something we've talked about doing, and when we decide to move forward we'll let the press know."

"I am proud of our president, our troops, and our allies, ... Yes, we are fighting to preserve our national security. But we are also fighting to preserve the universal ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

"Given the abysmal failure of state and local officials in Louisiana to plan adequately for or respond to the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the city of New Orleans, and given the long history of public corruption in Louisiana, ... I am not confident that Louisiana officials can be trusted to administer federal relief aid."

"To have good energy policy we have to have good investments,"

"Cagey trial lawyers have figured out there's a pretty good likelihood their case - no matter what its merit - will literally get its day in court because of favorable judges."

"It is important that when we rebuild this historic city that we consider the safety of the citizens first."

"Today's ruling by a federal judge who sits in the 9th Circuit is yet another assault on American principles. The Founding Fathers believed that our Creator gave us certain inalienable rights,"

"The vote we cast today will help ensure our continued prosperity,"

"The American people want us to go to work. They want us to produce good policy, ... The ability for us to save Social Security and Medicare in the future, the ability to give American workers and working families more of their money so that they can keep it in their pocket instead of giving it to the tax collectors."

"Congress will not use Social Security as a pot of gold to fund foreign aid,"

"This Congress is serious about doing everything we can to help local, state and federal officials respond to this crisis,"

"It's a good blueprint for America's future, ... We're also pleased this Congress can get its work done."

"provides for common sense tax relief in the future. We have the largest surplus in history, which means the taxpayers are being overcharged."

"We need to let our people speak. We need to debate those issues and then we let the best ideas win, ... Right now, we believe the American people stand behind us. They want to see us preserve Social Security, they want us to keep the budget balanced and we're going to do our level best to do it."

"We're there, ... We can debate the reasons why we're there. ... But we are there."

"Some have said that we should not have this debate. I disagree,"